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good morning, i'm kris sanchez. next, the death toll rises as family and friends pay tribute to the people they lost, and they hope for the best for the six people still missing. plus, suspicion in the question of who knew what and when. pg&e documents show unacceptable risks below the surface. and new this morning, for the second time, iran says it is ready to release one of the three cal graduates jailed there. this time, for a price. these stories and more on "today in the bay." good morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. thanks for joining us. a high risk of failure. that is the this morning from a
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pg&e document about the very pipeline that exploded two-and-a-half days ago. despite that assessment, the document shows that pg&e did not plan to replace that pipeline for another three years. nbc bay area's tracy grant is live in san bruno this morning with the details on the investigation. good morning, tracy. >> reporter: good morning, kris. we're here live at the red cross staging area here at the bay hill shopping center in san bruno. now, it's a rather disturbing document from pg&e. and no doubt, the utility and the national transportation safety board will face a lot of questions about it today at a press conference that is scheduled to begin right here in about an hour. now, it may end up confirming what caused the explosion that blasted dozens of homes and killed seven people thursday in the san bruno neighborhood, and could help authorities determine who is to blame.
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the documents show that pg&e knew that the section of the pipe that ruptured was at a high risk to fail. and for three years, the company did nothing to repair it or to replace it. documents uncovered by "the bay citizen" reveal that going back as early as 2007, pg&e officials expressed concern about the pipeline installed 50 years earlier. in a report last year, it recommended a $5 million replacement, because, quote, the risk of failure at this location is unacceptably high. >> there's a large pipeline in a residential area, that usually means the pipeline was built before the area was densely populated residential. it was built when the area was not so heavily populated. >> reporter: now, even though pg&e knew that the pipeline was at high risk, they didn't have any repairs scheduled until 2013. now, yesterday nbc bay area
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approached a pg&e representative to ask about this. and all he said was that at this point, the company was not prepared to comment on it. live at san bruno, tracy grant, today in the bay. >> you said there was a press conference at 8:00 this morning, right? >> reporter: yes, 8:00 right here behind me there are news crews setting up right now. there will be a lot more questions and hopefully more answers. >> >> we'll keep an eye on that. seven people are now determined dead in the explosion and fire, but that number could change. six people are still known missing. this morning, loved ones are honoring the ones they know they lost. jessica morales created a facebook group. friends say she was at her boyfriend's house, watching the first nfl game of the year when the fire ball hit the neighborhood. the house caught fire, trapping her inside.
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friends say that her boyfriend, 19-year-old joseph rigomes tried to save her, but the flames forced her out of the home, and he is in serious condition in san francisco with severe burns. his last update on his facebook page reads, quote, finally, the nfl season has arrived. going to be a good year. gomez is one of four burn victims at the hospital, and doctors say they will begin the skin grafting process over the next few days. and it is likely that all four burn victims will remain at the hospital for at least the next six to eight weeks. this morning, we have pictures of two of the six people believed to be missing after the san bruno explosion. a friend of gregory bulless e-mailed us the photos. bulless and his 17-year-old son have not been seen since the explosion. friends say they have searched in all of the shelters that are now open, they have called around to local hospitals, but so far they have not been able to find them. father and son lived on claremont drive, the hardest hit
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area of the disaster. in just hours, residents will be able to go back home for the first time since thursday's explosion. the city manager says people will be allowed to collect some of their belongings from damaged homes today at noon. but destroyed homes will remain off limits. police say they are fully prepared to handle security as people move into and out of the area. >> we have agencies throughout san mateo county, throughout the state of california and officers from san bruno who have been and will continue to work around the clock to provide protection. >> we are told that police and firefighters will escort people to their homes after assigning them reentry zones based on their addresses. again, they are going to do that. we expect today around noon. the people of san bruno are desperate to get back to their homes, or at least to see with their own eyes that their homes are no more. but they tell us they wish more had been done to look into this pipeline and possibly prevent what happened. nbc bay area's kimberly kerry
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reports. >> reporter: she is anxious to get back home. her baby is due friday. >> on thursday night, i was cramping so i was just like, oh, my goodness, do not come yet. >> reporter: she is among hundreds who fled their homes with only the clothes on their back after a pipeline exploded thursday. now reports that a portion of that pipeline was ranked, quote, high-risk has residents wondering why something wasn't done about it. >> what happened -- they knew about it, you know what i mean, so they should have taken care of that. >> it's unfortunate that it was on their to do list and they didn't get to it, and we see the result. >> reporter: san bruno residents say the explosion has them on edge, wondering if other pipes in the area could be at risk. >> as it was today, we smell gas. and apparently they were venting a pipe to work on it. but we immediately got all our kids in the car to leave. so this is how we're going to
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live for the next however long. >> reporter: pg&e has said if they are, in fact, responsible for the incident, they will take care of the families affected. in fact, they have already started. >> they're helping us taking care of us, helping us get a place to stay and all of that. so it's really good that there are people here to at least try and compensate a little bit for everybody's pain and discomfort. >> reporter: now it's just a waiting day for she and her husband, who are hoping to get back into their home sooner than later. >> just hoping that it's time to go home. >> reporter: kimberly kerry, nbc, bay area news. >> pg&e did set up a booth at the veterans memorial recreation center in san bruno and are trying to help people out who lost their homes, trying to get them whatever they need. an attorney says that he will file papers tomorrow that will set the stage for finding out exactly what pg&e officials knew. attorney anthony bosswell represents mike wiseman, a pg&e safety leader who worked on the
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gas line in san bruno for more than ten years. wiseman says pg&e supervisors huh rafd i'm when he reported unsafe practices involving the gas line. paperwork tomorrow will set the stage for official depositions. stay with nbc bay area and nbc bay area.com for continuing coverage of the san bruno explosion and disaster. we are constantly updating our website with new information and pictures, as well. you'll also find plenty of video of the damage there, and the personal stories of the people affected by the explosion and fire. plus, we have a link to the pipeline maps for the bay area. that's where you can check to see if your neighborhood has any of these larger, underground pipelines for natural gas and liquid gas. most seem to run along freeway lines, but there are several in neighborhoods from san mateo, piedmont and danville, just to name a few. you can find it at nbc bay area.com, and as tracy grant reported, a press conference at
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8:00. we will put the latest information up for you as soon as we get it. also new this morning, daly city police are looking into a shooting near the cal palace. those shots rang out around 1:00, and police say they think the shooting was connected to an event at the cal palace. we are working to get more details for you. rapper juvenile performed last night, and a motorcycle group called the bay area desperado sponsored the event. we know at least one person is dead after a driver went the wrong way on highway 101 in san mateo. the chp tells us the accident happened around 3:00 this morning. apparently, the driver went the wrong way on 101, and we're told at least seven vehicles are involved, including a limousine and a motorcycle. california highway patrol closed 101 in both directions for more than an hour while they investigated that crash. also new this morning, we are trying to find out more about a shooting at a berkeley b.a.r.t. station. the shooting happened at the ashbee station around 3:45 this morning.
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one man is known to be injured. police say they are looking for several suspects. still ahead on "today in the bay," the price of freedom. iran is ready to release a u.c. berkeley graduate from solitaire econ finement, but will her family be able to afford it? what iran is demanding, just ahead. and salesmen in sheets. the governor is atwitter to bring the world expo to the bay area. the question, could it bring jobs to silicon valley? come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today.
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but what really happened? cnn -- not me -- cnn says his assertion about his tax record was "just plain wrong." jerry brown went out there and took credit for the fact that the people of california voted for proposition 13, which lowered taxes, which he opposed. and now he's going around taking credit for it. he raised taxes as governor of california. he had a surplus when he took office and a deficit when he left. he doesn't tell the people the truth.
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highlights deep risks in iran, even among the conservatives. on friday, the foreign ministry announced plans for her to be released on saturday, where the result of ahmadinejad's personal intervention reflected his special viewpoint of islamic republic of iran on the dignity of women. >> shourd's mother claims she has been denied medical treatment for a breast lump that has precancerous cervical cells. the announcement came today, but her release could still take
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several more days. overnight, two light beams from in the sky in memory of those lost in the september 11th attractions. take a look. a pair of blue beams symbolizing the twin towers were set up around saturday and faded out at dawn. the lights are cast every september 1 1th. the empire state building was also paying tribute saturday evening with the top of the skyscraper lit up in red, white and blue. arnold schwarzenegger made his first stop in asia today. today he met with leaders with one of the e-commerce companies funding the governor's trip. california is the company's largest buyer market. schwarzenegger hopes it will bring revenue for california. he is also set to travel to japan and to visit u.s. troops in korea. this week marks the two-year
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anniversary of the financial meltdown. cnbc's sue herrera has a look at the road to economic recovery, and also a look at the upcoming week in the world of business. >> it was two years ago this week that investment bank lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy, kicking off a global financial crisis that is still being felt. the senate gets back to work this week, and the first order of business, debating the president's small business lending package bill, which creates a $30 billion fund to spark community banks to make more loans to small firms. was back to school shopping a pass or a fail? we'll find out when the monthly retail sales figures or august are released. and is the chinese yu an undervalued, and if so, is that hurting our economy? ways to pressure china to stop manipulating its currency, which keeps prices on their exported goods artificially low. tony hayward gets grilled over the gulf oil disaster and what it means for the future of that
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company. and shareholders of thrifty vote on whether to sell to hertz. some stock owners say don't do it. of ais is trying harder by offering $1.3 billion. and the great american beer festival in denver. more than 2,000 beers, and one big toast to brewers whose sales rose 10% last year, even as the big beer makers saudi kline. i'm sue herrera. get all your business news on cnbc. and a reminder you can also get your early business and tech report before the markets open. we get started weekdays on nbc bay area "today in the bay" starting at 4:30 in the morning. coming up next, federal regulators admit knowing the san bruno pipeline was at a high risk of failure. we have a high report from the command center just ahead. and on this sunday morning, plenty of cloud cover close to the coast. a little bit over the east bay. i'll have more on your seven-day forecast, which will feel like
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fall. the details coming up.
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you're looking at a live picture as san jose wakes up. a little haze in the distance, and likely some warmer temperatures. so one last splash in the pool. because it is going to change. craig herrera is here with a look in the forecast. >> after today, i think we'll be wearing layers again, some moisture, a lot of humidity. i was thinking about you, kris. >> i know, the humidity does not like my hair. >> we gauge it by your hair. all right -- >> i'm like a chia pet. >> like me right now. good morning to you. we'll start off live with oakland, a lot of haze here. and we've got plenty of moisture right along the coast. that's going to stick around for a long time. and then as we go over to -- you just saw san jose. here is a look at 280 and 87, we
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would be able to make out the santa cruz mountains, but the haze giving us a shine off the camera, as well. so sitting in the '50ss all over the bay area, and a couple 40s in the north end of the bay. this is the satellite loop, and with this in place, got to point out something. ridge of high pressure, number one. that's what's keeping us warm today. number two, cold air getting ready to come on in. so as we go through next week, it is going to be very cool. so we've got cool coast today, lots of 60s. 70's yesterday. baysidin land, 70s and 80s. the cold air settles in, and the fog gets really thick and it's going to blow right on in most of next week. really cool. stay tuned. it looks like we have a chance for rain for places like san francisco and north saturday. not a lot, but a little bit. so that will be something to watch for on saturday. 66 for a high today, san francisco. we got up to 75 yesterday. >> so you can see the difference along the coast. bayside and inland numbers very similar to what they were
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yesterday. 88 in livermore, 84, san jose. same for napa. seven-day forecast, drizzle, plenty of it, especially tuesday, wednesday, thursday in the morning hours with the fog in place. ch-ch-ch chia. is that what it was? saturday, a chance for rain, and some 60s. so cold around here, kris. it's going to feel like it next week. >> i'll take cold over humid, though. >> me, too. >> still ahead, a record number of reasons to be happy today. the tight end's fat paycheck, just ahead. i'm laura behnke. yesterday in san diego, the giants battling the padres and the home plate umpire. plus, college football is here yet again. cal and stanford putting on a show. we have highlights in sports. ♪
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highlights in your morning sports. >> good morning u everyone. remember when the giants hit four home runs thursday night in the opener against the padres? yeah, that was then and this is now. and now is looking a whole lot like a pitchers' dual, which is pretty much exactly what we expected when the top two teams of the nl west collide. but the giants are wondering if the dual was a fair fight. they have a problem with the umpire crawford and the strike zone. up at the plate, a pitch, called strike. look how crawford calls it. a little too overzealous. the giants not pleased. and that was just one instance. bottom three, a great outing, one rough spot. former giant, home run to right, 1-0 padres. three hits in seven innings, but enough. 1-0, the padres win. the giants now one game back. the finale is today. and a good day for darren yesterday. first the a's announced they picked up his option for next
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season, and then he got to watch his team come from behind against the red sox. bottom 7th, the as trail, now 2-2, one on forage davis. trying to dive to make a spectacular play, and instead misses. it's a triple. mark ellis scores. a's on top. and oakland wins 4-3. it's their first season series win over boston since 2006. yesterday stanford announce the cardinal offense is alive and well. but that's against sacramento state. it was good enough to get stanford in the top 25, but will it be good enough to win their first win at the rose bowl since '96? last night the cardinal opening late in southern california, taking on ucla, and pretty much picked up right where they left off. first quarter, luck rolling out, had a guy in the end zone, finds ryan way less than. a pair of tds for 151 yards.
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the cardinals pitch the shutout, winning 35-0. so while stanford opens the pac-10, cal had a preview welcoming opponent colorado into strawberry canyon yesterday afternoon. first quarter, kevin riley, finding shane verene, 13 yards for the touchdown, 7-0 bears. reilly, four tds, two to that guy. 52-7. and facing the top ranked team in the country last week, they meet the 11th ranked. the spartans meeting in madison. third quarter, 20-0, wisconsin. chandler jones, he's going 37 yards. and in for the touchdown. the spartans' first td of the season. the badgers pulling away in the fourth quarter, wisconsin goes on to get the win, 27-14. and that's your morning look at sports. have a great day. all right.
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so it is too soon to know whether our bay area football teams will break records on the field. we sure hope so. but off the field, a different story completely. 49er vernon davis just scored the nfl's record deal for a tight end. last night, the niners signed davis to a five-year extension reportedly worth $37 million, 23 of which guaranteed, he is now the highest-paid tight end ever. and seems to be an all-around nice guy, too. a record-making player is bounced from the u.s. open. five-time u.s. open champion roger federer was stunned by novak djocovik after wasting two match points. he will face rafael nadal in the finals at 10:00 this morning. even he seems surprised. much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up next at 7:30, explosive allegations about the gas line that ruptured in san bruno. and also, iran says it may
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release a jailed hiker there. cal graduate there for more than a year. but for a price. we'll talk about that coming up.
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as governor, he cut waste got rid of the mansion and the limo budgets were balanced. $4 billion in tax cuts. world class schools and universities. clean energy promoted. 1.9 million new jobs created. california was working. i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again.
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good morning to you. take a live look at oakland this morning. blue sky and haze. maybe the last blast of summer before a cooldown comes and chills your toes as you're waking up in the morning. thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez, along with "today in the bay" meteorologist craig herrera. >> yeah, and then you've got the a's game today too at 1:00. exciting for that, but next week, talking about conditions in the 50s and 60s for highs and a couple 70s. right now, 50s with fog along the coast. we've got 48 in santa rosa. 46 in through nevada. here is your daily planner. you've got some 70s by noon and a couple 80s by this afternoon.
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kris. >> all right, thank you very much, craig. we will be ready for what comes next. well, what did pg&e know, and when did they know it about that pipeline that sparked the explosion in san bruno? that is the question this morning. and we are getting a look at some revealing pg&e documents that could answer those very questions. nbc bay area tracy grant is live in san bruno to tell us more. and a press conference coming in just 30 minutes, so hopefully we'll get more answers, right, tracy? >> reporter: that is what we're hoping, kris. in documents uncovered by "the bay citizen," back as far as 2007, pg&e expressed some concern about this aging pipeline that they installed 50 years ago. now, the explosion blew up dozens of homes and killed seven people on thursday in the san bruno neighborhood. we'll residents try to pick up the pieces, investigators may have found a major piece of the puzzle that could help determine
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exactly what happened and who is at fault. the document shows that pg&e knew that section of the pipe that was ruptured was at a high risk to fail. and for three years, the company did nothing to replace it or to repair it. in a report last year, it recommended a $5 million replacement. stating that if the replacement of this pipe does not occur, risks associated with this segment will not be reduced. that makes the risk of a failure at this location unacceptably high. >> the valve on both sides of this -- of this pipe release are not automatic. >> now, despite what the document says, pg&e didn't have any plans to make any repairs until 2013. now, i want you take a look around me. here at the bay hill shopping center, there are a lot of cameras set up for a press conference that will start in about half an hour.
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pg&e told us yesterday when we asked they don't plan on commenting on any of this. at this press conference, there will probably be a lot of questions surrounding this, and we don't know if the ntsb will be able to answer any of them. live in san bruno, tracy grant, "today in the bay." >> thank you, tracy. and again we will repeat we will post any information we do get from the press conference on with your website, nbcbayarea.com. thanks, these. a search for a 35-year-old man frederick suless is officially over. the coroner used dental records to identify a body found i realizer this week and it does in fact belong to 35-year-old suless. last week they found his father dead in the same house. police searched a landfill looking for the body. when they couldn't find him in the home. then they went back to the home. so critics are questioning how the police could have missed a body in the house for so long. but police say someone had gone to great lengths to conceal it
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in the home. the body of the other suless, frederick suless was wrapped in cloth and shoved in the back of a closet. the man suspected of killing both father and son and two other women and his own girlfriend. police shot and killed him after a high-speed chase in richmond. he is also connected to killing of his girlfriend august 31st. police in fairfield are looking for the owner of an american pit bull which attacked two women. those attacks happened friday. three dogs of pit bull mix, a bull mastiff and an american bulldog attack a jogger. neighbors called for help and one shot and injured the mastiff. and that's when the dog attacked a second woman. the owners of the bull mastiff and the pit bull agreed to have those dogses euthanized. coming up next on "today in the bay," political analyst larry gerston is here to weigh in on the balanloballot.
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will the, response from the san bruno explosion. also, we'll tell you about an optical illusion that is giving drivers quite a scare. we're back in a minute. you're watching "today in the bay."
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all around the bay area, people are talking this week about the gas line explosion that killed seven people in san bruno, and led people around the bay to wonder how could it happen? we mentioned that the governor is in china, so lieutenant governor has been at the helm. nbc bay area analyst larry gerston is with us this morning. does it matter who is in charge in a disaster like this? >> absolutely it does. the governor or whoever is in charge, if it's not the governor, has to be there to make sure all the police agencies, all the fire agencies, all the various governmental agencies are coordinating and doing what they need to do. remember, we've got national, state and local here.
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you know, this is a terrible situation, it's awful what's happened to these people. but in a strange way, it does present an opportunity to show that he is a leader, to show that he is gubernatorial, to show that he can take charge, and it's a tragedy that brings this opportunity to him. but nonetheless, it will help short-term in the polls, no question about it. >> okay. so should governor schwarzenegger come home when we have a state of disaster, state of emergency? >> some people will say he should have. some people will say absolutely he should have. it's always a difficult thing to decide at what point do you do this? and it will be the subject of some debate. on the other hand, he is, as we say, a short-timer and he will be out pretty soon and probably doesn't care much what people have to say right now. >> the election is not too far away. >> you bet. >> local races to obviously the governor's office. so lost in the shuffle of the big-wig heavy-hitting names are
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all the ballot positions that are just as important. >> yeah. and the interesting thing is, kris, that not all states have all of these ballot propositions we have. we have nine this time. can you believe it? nine. these initiatives, these referenda, that's what they're called, appropriately, that's their proper name. they started over 100 years ago in the midwestern states and worked their way out to california. and nowadays, you know, they are there, really, for the purpose of big money to try to influence what you and i think. originally, it was try to to help the legislature behave. but now it's shifted to the people. and with that, we see sometimes as much as $100 million on either side of a statewide ballot proposition, trying to influence you and me as to how to vote. >> it is so much money. let's talk about proposition 22, and that's the one where local taxpayers, public, transportation, it's all about that, right? so can you break it down for us so we know when ear going to the ballot box? >> yeah, let's put these things in english, okay? because if you read the ballot
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arguments, it's just a mess. look, ever says the days of proposition 13, that famous one in 1978, the massive local property tax cutting has funds to local government to make up every year what they lost from the property taxes they could no longer collect. now, these funds, programs, services, including education, transportation, health care, you name it, okay? but in recent years what's happened, of course, the state budget suffered great deficits. the state has cut back because of deficits on funds that have been promised by law. the state has taken back local redevelopment agency funds, as well. so this past year, it cost local governments $5 billion. you can see how local governments are freaking out over this, okay? >> right. >> so proposition 22 would prohibit state officials from taking revenues that are legally entitled to them, to local governments. proponents say it's the only way to keep the state from sucking
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up local funds. the opponents say, the guys against it say, look, you do this, and we're going to be in worse shape than we already are, we're going have to cut funding for more programs and services or the dreaded t word, raise taxes. there's the issue. what do you do about it? it's a big one when local governments feel very strongly. >> when we were talking about proposition 23, and its technical name, its official name is the california jobs initiative, and i said to myself, that is not what we're calling it, right? that's not what it's about, is it? >> yeah, what happens is when these folks submit ballot propositions, they name them, and sometimes they can be a bit misnamed, if you will, and some people would say that's the story here. 9 heart of this proposition, once again, is not as you said, about jobs. it's about suspending the assembly bill 32 from taking place until the state unemployment level drops to 5.5%. >> oh, yeah. >> for four consecutive quarters, okay? by the way, right now we're
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floating around at about 12.5%. 32 is california's ambitious attempt to reduce greenhouse and gas initiatives. it's called in this case the jobs initiatives, proposition -- >> right. and i'm saying, it isn't employment, though. >> it's called -- because they say we're going to lose jobs. it's going to cost us thousands of jobs. by the way, opponents have an argument here, too, saying that's not the case. that's a smokescreen. the fact is, we're going to have as many or more green jobs created to offset any job losses from ab 32. but look, this proposition, here's the bottom line here, it's drawing a lot of money. and guess what? especially from oil companies, most of which are out of the state. some of the big contributors to this 23 campaign so far include valero in san antonio, texas, over $4 million, koch, in texas, half a million. the adam smith foundation, an interesting foundation, half a
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million dollars. you know what? when all is said and done, you're going to see at least $25 million slammed down to get proposition 23. by the way, opponents on this line up pretty interestingly. governor schwarzenegger negativer, because ab 32 is his baby, he's against it. both jerry brown and meg witman, barbara boxer is against it. carley fiorina has wafld back and forth, most recently said she is voting for it, one difference that separates her from barbara boxer. but i'll tell you, we've got a lot to look at with these nine ballot propositions. >> we're swimming in the details. thank you very much. we need a life raft, because it would certainly help. also, for more political perspective from larry, he has a blog twice a week. prop zero. this one is about big oil and kind of related to what we're talking about. >> you bet. and one quick thing, kris, it is national grandparents' day. and if you're a grandparent, let
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petition tell you, it's the best day of the year. happy national grandparents' day. >> happy national grandparents' day to my mom and dad this morning. and happy national grandparents' day to you. >> thank you. still ahead, a slow down for kids at play. the optical i will that has drivers on the edge of their seats. wow, that looked real. [ bell rings ] what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah. you got time for that? you got time to earn more on your savings, online at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! instead of earning squatootski... your savings will be earning three times the national average. now, let's review. capital one interestplus savings... at three times more. go to capitalone.com.
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a vancouver neighborhood has a tricky new way to get drivers to slow down. see it? it's an illusion. it looks like a little girl in the middle of the street, but when you get closer, you realize it is a picture of a girl painted on the street. there are signs leading up to the illusion. if it works, similar tricks could pop up elsewhere. interesting. it does look very real. >> yeah. >> if you're far away from it. >> you should slow down anyway.
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>> well, hopefully we'll have good visibility around the bay area as kids head back to school tomorrow. >> and then tuesday and wednesday the visibility comes down with the fog in play. and the cold air coming in. today a different story. weather headlines for today, sunshine bayside and inland, but cool at the coast. fog returns monday, tuesday of next week. really strong. sea breeze in place. a lot of fog, as well. 52 right now in san francisco. the fog is hugging the coast. got some 40s for the north end of the bay, 54 in hayward. here is the satellite, and yeah, we've got one more day of this really nice weather. bayside and inland. if you're going to the coast or live at the coast, you know that fog replaces -- not going to move very much. so the wind out of the northwest gives us some 80s and 70s. bayside and inland. at the beaches at the 60s. this all changes. here's the colder air. all that cold air, there is a burge bottled up in the gulf of alaska. notice the wind direction coming over the area, so watch for even some showers possible from san francisco to places north on saturday. but the rest of us, this entire
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week with that little feature in place, it's going to be a cool one every morning. so thick fog during the morning hours and the evening hours a little bit of clearing during the afternoon. the highs will drop quite a bit. 88 in livermore. today, 66 in san francisco, 84 san jose. same for napa. here's the seven-day forecast. going to cool off quite a bit next week. say tuned. maybe rain next saturday from places at san francisco north. >> thanks, craig. one of the best new shows is "community" here son nbc and one of the reason it's so funny is a kid. he stopped in for a visit. >> people might know you best as troy from the nbc hit show "community." how has that been for you? is. >> it's been pretty good. i moved out from new york, and it was just like this show started. it's been pretty great, yeah. >> did you think you would be able to work with people that big this early in your career? >> no, i did not. i had no idea that was going to be the case, especially since i
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grew up -- now it's like, wow. this is my grandpa on the set. >> you wouldn't tell him that to his face. >> i would tell him that to his face. it's fine. we have a rapport. i have a bit on twitter right now, called messing with chevy. i'll just go out there and -- and record it, and be like hey, what's going on and he'll be like oh, nothing. and i'll be like, hey, i'm dating your daughter and then run away. so stuff like that. we're very close. >> you're going to be performing around the bay area tonight at the improve? >> yeah, i'll be in san jose all this weekend, friday, saturday and sunday, just doing stand-up. and, yeah, hopefully -- yeah, come out and see it. if you get a chance. >> are you going to make fun of us? >> if you want. there is nothing really to make fun of, other than -- this place looks like nasa. that's not even a joke. >> you know when we talk to comedians, we often wonder what they say behind our backs. you can say whatever you want. >> no, i mean, i don't do that.
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i don't -- i only do that about people i know really well. so if we hung out for a little bit, i'm sure i would find a lot of things that are funny. >> so you mentioned twitter and mentioned messing with chevy, but you have a big twitter campaign to get to be the next cyber man. >> yeah, it was crazy and weird. yeah, it was a very strange time. half the people were like -- you've got to do it. i mean, yeah, why not? i feel like it would be kind of dope. >> best of luck to you. we enjoy watching you on "community" as troy, and hopefully folks will see your show. >> absolutely, thank you. >> donald glover's show is at 7:00, and the new season of "community" debuts thursday september 23rd right here on nbc bay area. coming up next on "today in the bay," your detailed weekend forecast coming up. also, in just hours, san bruno residents will be allowed back into their homes, but will they have homes to return to? a live update on that just ahead. also, we're watching for a
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people in san bruno getting to back to their homes today for the first time since thursday's natural gas explosion. and we're also getting a look at some pg&e documents that show what the company knew and when about that pipeline. nbc bay area's tracy grant is live in san bruno with the details. good morning, tracy. >> reporter: good morning, kris. obviously, as journalists, you and i really want these answers. but the people who deserve them the most are the injured residents, the displaced, and the ones who have only just begun to grieve for the people who were killed in this explosion. now, that explosion blew up dozens of homes and killed seven people on thursday in the san bruno neighborhood. investigators will have to examine this new information that could help determine exactly what happened. the document shows that pg&e knew that the section of the pipe that ruptured was at a high
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risk to fail and for three years, the company did nothing to repair or replace it. in documents uncovered by "the bay citizen" reveal that going back to 2007, pg&e expressed concerns about the aging pipeline installed 50 years earlier. now, a $5 million replacement was recommended for the pipe that pg&e characterized as at a high risk of failure. despite all of the information in the document, none of those repairs were scheduled to be made until 2013. now, i want you to take a look around me. look all around. this is how many reporters are here right now, waiting for the press conference that is supposed to start any minute. right behind us is the red cross, as well. and they're here to help anybody who still needs help after this explosion. we will stay here, get those answers, and bring them to you as quickly as possible. back to you, kris. >> thank you, tracy. we'll post the details on n
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nbcbayarea.com. later today, nfl on nbc, and a look at your forecast. beautiful, but changing. >> yeah, today, we have got some 80s in the warmer spots, and cooling off next week. >> awesome. great, have a great sunday.
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